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Jib
This article is about the type of sail. For the boom device with a camera on one see Jib (camera) A typical jib on a small yacht A jib is a triangular staysail set ahead of the foremost mast of a sailing boat. Its tack is fixed to the bowsprit, to the bow, or to the deck between the bowsprit..
Jibacoa
Jibacoa is a fishing village in the La Habana Province of Cuba. It is located in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, at the mouth of the Rio Jibacoa, 60 km east of Havana. The settlement was founded in 1756 on the location of a corral. In the 1990's, an all inclusive resort (under the jam..
Jibal
Jibal was a short-lived Arab ruled province located in northwestern Iran, under the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad. It was roughly coterminous with the ancient country of the Medes. In 1141 it came back under Persian rule. The word jibal is Arabic for" mountain". ..
Jibanananda Das
Jibanananda Das (Bangla: জীবনানন্দ দাশ) (17 February, 1899 - 22 October, 1954) is an acclaimed Bengali poet. Alternate spelling Jivanananda Das. Literal meaning of name is Joy (ananda) of Life (Jivan) Contents 1 Biography2 Literary style3 Major works4 ..
Jibbali language
Jibbali (Alternate names: Ehkili, Geblet, Jibali, Qarawi, Shahari, Shehri, Sheret) is a dialect of Oman, interesting to philologists as one of the oldest of Semitic tongues. This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. ..
Jibber-Jabber
Jibber-jabber: the phrase made famous by actor/wrestler/bodyguard/rapper/born-again Christian/TV presenter; Mr. T. Most regular usages are; "Quit yo jibber-jabber.""I got no time for the jibber-jabber" For more information: See Also Mr. T External links ..
Jibberish
Not to be confused with Gibberish. Jibberish is the first 3D freestyle skiing game created for the PC. It is written in Blitz3D. The game was written by amateur programmer Guy Lifshitz and is distributed for free. It is popular in the skiing community and has a large user base. A second release of ..
Jibe
This article is about the sailing maneuver. The term has other [[Wiktionary:jibe|definitions]]. A jibe (also spelled gybe) is when a sailing boat (yacht) turns its stern through the wind, such that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the boat to the other. The term wearing ship is u..
Jibitos
The Jibitos, a tribe of South American Indians, first met with by the Franciscans in 1676 in the forest near the Huallaga River, in the Peruvian province of Loreto. After their conversion they settled in villages on the western bank of the river. ..
JibJab
The JibJab logo, with its Victorian era appearance, illustrates the influence of Terry Gilliam on the duo's animation JibJab is a website featuring Flash cartoons. It is run by two Americans, Gregg and Evan Spiridellis, who call themselves "the JibJab Brothers". When they are credited together..
Jibjab's Exit 109
Exit 109 follows the adventures of a group of dogs and their lives. Contents 1 Characters1.1 Foo1.2 Moishe1.3 Boss1.4 Paulie1.5 Malik1.6 Jack1.7 Tito1.8 Pop1.9 Winston2 Episode Guide Characters Foo A Chinese dog who is only really seen in ..
Jibla
Jibla is a town in southwestern Yemen, close to the Ibb. It is located at around [13°55′0″N, 44°8′60″E], at the elevation of around 2200 meters. External links [Ministry of Information of Yemen][Travel Adventures] ..
Jibneh Arabieh cheese
Jibneh Arabieh is a simple cheese found all over the Middle East. It is particularly popular in Egypt and the Persian Gulf area. The cheese has an open texture and a mild taste. The heritage of the product started with Bedouins, using goat or sheep milk, however current practice is to use cow's milk..
Jibou
Jibou (German: Siben, Hungarian: Zsibó) is a town in Sălaj county, Transylvania, Romania. In 2004 it had a population of 11,277. Jibou is just 20 km by road northwest of Zalău, close to the Someş River. It's major attractions are the old Wesselenyi house, Botanical Gardens and spa baths. Exte..
Jibril Rajoub
Jibril Rajoub (born 1953) was Yasir Arafat's National Security Advisor, a member of Fatah. . ..
Jiburiru - The Devil Angel
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JiBX
JiBX is an open source Java programming language framework for XML data binding. It lets developers work with data from XML documents using Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs). The JiBX framework uses a binding definition to tell it how the Java objects relate to the XML. It is designed to perform the tr..
Jib (camera)
In cinematography, a jib is boom device with a camera on one end, and a counterweight and camera controls on the other. It operates like a see-saw, but with the balance point located close to the counterweight, so that the camera end of the arm can move through an extended arc. A jib permits the cam..
Jib Hunt
[Jib Hunt] is an award winning, youth culture Illustrator/Artist and is also an internationally recognized Sportswear Designer who is based in New York City. Jib Hunt also has his own brand of lifestyle graphic t-shirts called “Jib Hunt” which is among one of the top up-and-coming st..
Jiří Baborovský
Jiří Baborovský (1875-1946) was a prominent Czech physical chemist, and pioneer in the study of kinetic chemical reactions. He wrote many famous textbooks widely used in Czechoslovakia. ..
Jiří Bartoška
200px Jiří Bartoška (born March 24, 1947 in Děčín) is a Czech actor and the president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Bartoška played a number of roles in many Czech films, later he became most known as the president of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival (since 1995). Toge..
Jiří Bělohlávek
Jiří Bělohlávek (born February 24, 1946 in Prague) is a Czech conductor. He studied with Sergiu Celibidache and then held a series of appointments before becoming principal conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990. However, in 1991 the orchestra reorganized and controversially vot..
Jiří Buquoy
Georg Franz August Graf von Buquoy (Czech : Jiří František August Buqouy) (1781-1851) was a Bohemian aristocrat, mathematician, and inventor. He studied mathematics, natural science, philosophy, and economics at the Prague and Vienna univerisities. In 1810 he constructed an early steam engine. M..
Ji Baocheng
Ji Baocheng, male, Han nationality, was born in 1944, and attended the Beijing Business College from 1962 to 1966. After ten years as a worker in Hubei province, he returned to Renmin University of China in 1978 as graduate student, teacher, and dean. He moved to the State Administration of Indust..
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